Watch Auburn vs Kentucky 2019 Live Stream Free College Basketball Game 2019.SEC rivals Auburn and Kentucky have met 113 times on the court, but none have been as significant as Sunday's Midwest Region final in Kansas City, Mo. with a Final Four berth on the line. The fifth-seeded Tigers are the hottest team in college basketball with 11 straight wins and will be trying to take down their third consecutive giant of the sport after coasting past Kansas 89-75 in the second round and routing North Carolina 97-80 in Friday's Sweet 16.

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However, Auburn will have to press forward without star sophomore Chuma Okeke, who suffered a torn ACL Friday night that loomed large over the otherwise historic win for the program. "I think Chuma is our most valuable player," Tigers point guard Jared Harper told reporters. "He rebounds and gets assists. He scores inside and outside. He can guard all five positions. He's always in the right spot." Auburn's last defeat was a 27-point setback at Kentucky, which survived a tense affair to get past Houston 62-58 in Friday's second game at the Sprint Center. Sophomore forward PJ Washington returned from a foot injury that caused him to miss the first two rounds and scored 16 points off the bench while delivering a big blocked shot down the stretch.



When: 2:20 PM ET, Sunday, March 31, 2019

Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri



TV: 2:20 p.m. ET, CBS

ABOUT AUBURN (29-9): The Tigers, in the Elite Eight for the second time in program history, have scored at least 80 points six times during their winning streak and shot 54.5 percent - including 17-of-37 from 3-point range - in the win over the Tar Heels. Okeke's 20 points led the way while five others reached double figures in scoring and Harper had nine points to go along with 11 assists. Danjel Purifoy, a junior forward who was 4-for-6 from beyond the arc in the Sweet 16, is expected to gobble up many of the available minutes left by Okeke, who is scheduled to have surgery next week.

ABOUT KENTUCKY (30-6): The Wildcats outshot the Tigers 54.5 percent to 32.8 percent in the last meeting while dominating the glass and limiting Auburn's potent perimeter game to eight 3-pointers, but they expect a very different challenge Sunday. "Eleven in a row. They're playing and shooting it. They're playing defense, getting their hands on balls," Kentucky coach John Calipari told reporters of the Tigers before turning his attention to Washington, who had 24 points in the last matchup with Auburn. "You know, it was - you know, how they're playing and how we're playing. I mean it's good to have PJ back. We don't win the game today without him. We don't." Freshman guard Tyler Herro had a team-high 19 points against Houston and drilled the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute.

TIP-INS

1. Auburn is playing for its first Final Four berth. Kentucky is vying for its 18th - fifth in 10 seasons under Calipari.

2. Tigers senior G Bryce Brown leads his team in scoring at 15.8 per game - 16.3 in the tournament.

3. Wildcats freshman G Keldon Johnson is averaging eight points on 35 percent shooting in the last two games after scoring 25 points on 10-of-16 in the first-round win over Abilene Christian.

PREDICTION: Kentucky 77, Auburn 74